By Kate Schecter* (Opinion) The Latin American countries that share the Amazon rainforest recently met to find ways to prevent further destruction of this precious natural treasure. As a vast carbon sink, losing more to clear-cutting will exacerbate climate change. To protect this massive forest, important to the entire world, Brazil’s government seeks to build […]
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